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Billing Aquadrome Holiday Park
Crow Lane
Great Billing
Northampton
Northamptonshire (Browse area)
NN3 9DA
Tel: 01604 408181
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Pitches: 755
Open: 03/04/2024 to 02/11/2024
03/04/2025 to 02/11/2025
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 No Tents |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 Holiday Homes for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 No Hardstandings |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 Fishing On Site |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 Watersports On Site |
 Boat Launch / Mooring On Site |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: May 2015 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Dcfc pete |
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 Well after reading all the poor reviews on here we very nearly never went!
BUT thank goodness we did we could not fault our stay one bit with the site lovely and well kept grounds and toilets and showers.
The venue club was welcoming with free soft play for our kids and a beautiful swimming pool.
Lots and lots to do fun fair, train rides, crazy golf, parks, and loads of tracks and room to walk/cycle.
Everything from the gate men to the wardens couldn't do enough to help you
100% we will return to this fantastic site 
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| Date of Visit: May 2015 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Reddymic |
4 reviews from this member |
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I will never return
On booking the lady on the phone was lovely & couldn't do enough to help but that's where the enjoyment ended.
We stayed in Heron Way. When we got there it was 'park where you like on Heron Way'. On the map it showed toilet blocks at each end so we parked near the statics end but when the children went to go to the toilet they ended up with a massive walk as these ones were closed! There isn't a shower block in walking distance. If you really want to stay here then stay in the Puddle Duck section. Heron way was full of 'travellers' (polite way of saying it). We got told by the man in the caravan sales shop up the road to make sure no metal is lying around! In the 'traveller looking caravan' (which I think is there permanently), opposite there were young lads & girls coming & going at all hours.
The park itself is too spread out. If you fancy taking your car to the main building or ur picking your kids up from the swimming pool, then its all on a one way system so you are going miles around when not needed.
The grounds itself are kept well but there is a horrendous sewage smell around the area. The shower block & toilet block were clean & tidy.
We paid £90 for the wkend for 2 adults & 2 children in a tourer with childs swim pass. It was expensive & I would never return as the bars & shops do not make you feel welcome if you are not a resident. (This is just MY view).
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| Date of Visit: November 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Keoman |
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What a dump. Arranged a family get together for my wives birthday at Billing Aquadrome, as it was roughly in the middle geographically for family members to travel to. We had a large mobile home, a touring caravan and a large tent. We all arrived approx 7:15pm. Nothing on site was open. Got bogged in just getting to hard standing pitch. The whole site was waterlogged and muddy, I needed to be towed out, before I even got in!. I had spoken with staff two days prior and at no point was anything mentioned about the park being water logged. The hard standing was really small if I could have got in. By the time I had been recovered 9pm it was too late to find another venue. The decision was made to go into the Premier Inn as the van had the awning and table and chairs etc stored inside and find an alternative site on Saturday morning. (£159 later) no vacancies at the one next door to Billing but we managed to find one a short drive away.
Most sites around there were shut for the winter, maybe something Billing should consider!
I complained to Pure Leisure on the Saturday morning about the events of the night before and asked for a full refund as the site was unfit for purpose. Had to wait for a few weeks but managed to get my booking fee returned. They didn't want to know about the costs I had incurred for the Premier Inn etc.
I think it's fair to say I will never go back. Stick to club sites in future.
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| Date of Visit: July 2014 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Jokar125 |
6 reviews from this member |
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This site is massive and very busy at weekends, it can also be very busy when events are on.
The shower blocks need to be upgraded as at various times in our weekend at least three blocks were closed at some stage. There is lots to do for families what with the adventure park and new swimming pool. There were a group of us with 7 tents and as we had small children they put us in the family field, however I was shocked that the family field has a deep stream running along the edge of the field with no boundary to keep the children away.
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| Date of Visit: July 2014 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Gooner21 |
6 reviews from this member |
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So there’s no doubting that Billing Aquadrome is a fabulous holiday spot, particularly for young families. It’s in easy access from the M1 and has all the holiday facilities you could want. There’s a fun fair, indoor swimming pool, marina with boating, shops, play areas etc etc etc.
From a camping point of view, the site is enormous with plenty of hook-up points and hardstandings. A large portion of the site is given over to static holiday homes and residential. The River Nene bounds one side of the site, great for the fishermen, and there are plenty of ponds and water courses around. The Northampton Wasteland, a flood overflow for the Nene and nature reserve is an easy walk and there’s a good pub at The Billing Mill.
So a lovely spot but there a few not so positive points to note for more traditional tourers. Firstly, weekends get very busy and there can be noisy all-male or all-female camping groups. The transformation from weekdays is remarkable. Secondly, the facilities are not great, 6 out of 10 at best even though one shower block was heated on the hottest day of the year. There is only one block which has both showers and toilets and this has problems with drainage as the tiles don’t slope to the drain properly. And you need to test the shower nozzles first as many are scaled up and just dribble down the wall. There are a further 4 blocks, 2 showers only and 2 toilets only. And they are so spread out and the site is so large people actually drive to the facilities rather than take a long walk, so watch where you pitch. There is another block for the seasonal touring pitch but there are closed and have been for some time so be careful before choosing this or the ‘fully serviced pitches’.
There’s only one grey water disposal point on the whole site and you have to work quite hard to find it. It wasn’t busy when I was there making me wonder where grey water was going. Difficult to find chemical toilet disposal points too. Strange that I didn’t see the usual procession of folk pulling barrels and cassettes around like most sites ?
Last point on the ‘fully serviced pitches’: a standard pitch with hook-up is £28pn but the ‘fully serviced’ is offered at £35pn. However, they turn out to be as-yet unoccupied hardstandings for statics among some untidy seasonal tourers. It also turns out that electric is extra on these payable by meter-card. They don’t tell you when you book so we moved back to a standard pitch within walking distance of the facilities and got a refund.
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| Date of Visit: May 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Amandabriggstemple |
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This site is really great. Booking in was swift and pleasant. All staff were really helpful & friendly. Finding the field and pitch was easy. Warden came over to check we were ok with everything. Facilities were really clean. Had plugs available for hair dryers etc. Swimming pool was good as well as mariner. Did most of the things available over the weekend. Go karting, train around the lake. Crazy golf. Will be going back to this location.
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| Date of Visit: March 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Bessy525 |
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This is by far the largest site we have stayed on and with loads of thing for kids to do you can see why it is so popular. Whilst on site the main shower blocks were closed the one on Shelduck was nearing completion and should be open shortly the other was closed due to vandalism and no opening date was available, that left the original toilet block and the shower block some 150 mtrs apart from each other! They were clean and fully maintained but dated.
Freeview/Sat TV was no problem, water was at the edges of the fields and not too numerous, couldn't find grey waste disposal only sluice found near toilet block. Constant distant road noise from the busy A45 24/7. The BP station at the entrance offered all the essential items you would need and it also had a separate fish & chip shop. Next door was a large pub child friendly pub and a second smaller pub of the same name was at the edge of the touring site and looked more suitable for adult only parties.
Northampton town centre is minutes away by car and has all that you would expect to find in a town centre. For us a place to visit out of the main season hopefully with the proper washroom facilities opened up, for families with small kids its got to perfect but I would guess very busy given the size of the site + static caravans.
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| Date of Visit: February 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Jillhomeuk |
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Stayed for a few days. Review by Dharl (previous review) very accurate.
Echo narrow harstanding pitches, and, owing to recent floods, lots of mud. The site was very quiet, and only toilet block available was quite a hike away. No signs to water, disposal points etc, so not the easiest. A new facilities block did look to be under construction. Making 3 in total. Still not many for 750 pitches?
This is a large site, which, I imagine in summer must be very busy. In a wet February however, it was quiet, and the kids absolutely loved the great swimming facilities, which were clean, with excellent staff, and in a lovely complex.
There are plenty of shops on the site, and we were very impressed with the large, and thoughtful range of items available.
This was not somewhere where we would let the kids go to the playground on their own, even though we could see it from the caravan, as the roads are confusing to navigate, and the lack of footpaths make this a little risky for under 10s. We will go back though. But only in the off season.
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| Date of Visit: February 2014 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Dharl |
6 reviews from this member |
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Must remember to read reviews BEFORE booking.
We were visiting in the area on the Sunday so looked for a campsite in the area for the Saturday night. Due to the time of year we where limited in places open.
Billing Aquadrome Park is a Holiday Park for Static Caravans which they have decided that spare fields can be used by tents and tourers. It is not really set up as a camp site.
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Landscaping is nice,
Easy access to major roads
Nice local, But big Chain, pub 10 mins walk from site.
Staff are very helpful and friendly.
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Road signs take up to main gates however as a new arrival you need to go to reception on the left to sign in. Not clearly marked but security on gate was helpful in allowing us access and then park up.
Very few toilet/shower blocks. We had a very long walk from our pitch, the block was right in the middle if the static caravans, who had own facilities.
The toilet blocks where clean however no toilet paper in the gents and no hot water at the sinks.
Could not find a washing up area.
Hard to find any water points or rubbish bins
No Motorhome service points.
Hard standing pitches where very narrow. Just got our unit parked on it but then had to step out straight into grass/ mud!
Electric Hookups are a way from the pitches so need a long connection cable. Ours just reached!
Road system around site was vast and not easily signposted.
Very few footpaths, grass was covered in duck/goose/ swan 'mess' so had to stick to roads. The speed limit is 10 mph around site but few people seemed to stick to this!
Overall, if you want to stay in a static caravan on the holiday park then would think its suitable however as a tourer in own unit would suggest that it is not.
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Bromsgrove-Man |
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Booking and checking was a little chaotic due to an original booking mistake but staff were helpful throughout. (Watch the hidden speed bumps on the way into the site though, easy to miss as they are not very well marked. )
Pitches were very hard indeed but then its been a while since we had any rain, I've seen photos of a couple of years ago when the place was flooded so I've no complaints.
There was a fair amount of rubbish left on the pitches, cigarettes, littler, lego(?) which we had to clear before pitching. Pitches were flat and though the site was busy we had a fair amount of space which was good.
Given the size of the site overall and the fact it was reasonably busy the site was quite quiet and peaceful in the evenings.
I think we were lucky as we were near one of the two shower blocks. I would agree with a previous reviewer that using the showers was a ridiculous experience, not enough space to hang anything, no door just a curtain and a thirty second blast of water that went from red hot to cold and then stopped. Along with buttons you can't press with soapy hands. I'm all for conserving water but this really was an exercise in futility.
Toilets were occasionally a little iffy but they were being regularly cleaned in the daytime and given the size of the site were as good as could be hoped I guess. Litter on site wasn't great. There were skips around but there were a few empty bottles left here and there around the toilets that no one cleared up all weekend.
Amenities were good, there are two pubs outside the site in easy walking distance, chain places but the food was good value and the staff efficient and friendly. There is also a waterfront bar on site which was pleasant if rather expensive and a wooden hut within the middle of the site which operates as an Indian restaurant, entertainment venue and breakfast cafe and had a nice charm about it. There is also a shop on site though it was quite poorly stocked in things you might want as a camper, the shop at the BP station at the entrance to the camp was much more use to us and quite well priced. Parts of the site, by the river, are quite picturesque.
We didn't use any of the water rides though could see them in action as well as the mini train. The pool was closed for the two days were were there (Due to 'Vomit' announced a sign containing maybe too much information?)
Overall I would go back but wouldn't go out of my way. The site was quite pricey for how its maintained, one of the most expensive places we've stayed this year and also one of the worst overall. That is not to say its bad as such but just we've stayed at some very nice, well looked after sites this year and this one doesn't quite live up to any them.
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